Tip Thyme Tuesday

Take Thyme for Rest

Do you feel busier than a buzzing work bee? Most of do as summer brings on the busiest time of year. Vacationing (even if it is in your own back yard), gardening, harvesting, extra yard work, preparing for school to restart, and even some canning or drying of produce from the backyard garden. It is a busy time of the year, and sometimes it is so busy that we allow ourselves to get too exhausted trying to jump all the hoops we have created for ourselves. Sometimes so much so that we find ourselves even hating the very things that normally bring us joy. So for this Tip Thyme Tuesday I am making a couple recommendations to help prevent this busy-bee time of the year turning into a mental and physical disaster.

Prioritize. Take a deep long look at what you are doing, and why. Is this something you have to do-now? Is this going to kill you or cause a serious disaster if it isn’t accomplished immediately? Can this wait until tomorrow? Can you share this task with a friend or family member? Why are you choosing to do this activity? Is this something a “have-to”? Or is it just nice to have done?

Rest. Sometimes one can create so many to-dos for the month, or even the week, that realistically cannot be accomplished. Be real with with yourself. And only put as many “to-dos” as you can easily read on a post it note. And make sure that includes the large word REST. You need daily quiet time to relax. You know what works best for you. You know quiet time does not include media. This does not allow the mind nor the body to truly relax and be refreshed. Turn it off for at least some amount of time. For me, one of things that helps me the most is taking a prayer walk. Nothing relaxes me like a conversation with my Creator out in nature. Noodling on my mountain dulcimer is another restful item for me. Determine what is best for you. For real rest you need to get 7-8 hours of sleep a night. If neither of these things get regularly scheduled you will be too exhausted to enjoy those things that normally bring you happiness and fulfillment in accomplishing. Rest brings restoration.

Take care of you so that you aren’t trying to tame too many mad cats by the tail. They cannot be tamed when you’ve grabbed too many. Take thyme to prioritize and rest, it will do wonders on what you are able to accomplish and how you feel about you, and today.